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Metro Stations

A Line 5 station built in 2008 but opened only in December 2010, with platform walls of glass-ceramic panels showing old photographs…

Metro Stations

Two linked stations at the end of Nevsky Prospekt: a closed-type hall of 1967 on Line 3 and a deeper hall of…

Metro Stations

A 1991 Line 4 station named after Fyodor Dostoevsky, decorated in the spirit of illustrations for his novels and linked by a…

Metro Stations

One of the original stations of 1955, with a white Ural marble hall and large chandeliers, an interchange with Dostoevskaya on Line…

Metro Stations

A 1963 Line 2 station on the Petrograd Side, with a closed-type platform behind sliding doors and a vestibule inside the old…

Metro Stations

The western terminus of Line 4, opened in December 2024 on Vasilyevsky Island: a deep pylon station with marble panels and mosaics,…

Metro Stations

A deep Line 5 station of 2008 with a Semyonovsky Regiment theme, a Peter the Great mosaic and a foot tunnel to…

Metro Stations

A deep station of 1997 in Petrogradsky District, decorated around aviation: a runway-style floor, aircraft-inspired lamps and a statue of the pilot…

Metro Stations

A deep Line 4 station of 2009, the third piece of the city's only three-station interchange with Sennaya Ploshchad and Sadovaya, below…

Metro Stations

A deep station of 1991 under Sennaya Square, opened as part of Line 4 and part of Line 5 since 2009, linked…